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  Brain Aging International Journal

  Vol. 8 No. 2 (2022)

  New series - July - December 2022

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  Brain Aging International Journal

  Vol. 8 No. 1 (2022)

  New series (January - June, 2022)

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  OLD SERIES - Brain Aging International Journal - Multilingual Ed.

  Vol. 7 No. 1 (2008)

  Perspectives For a Healthy Brain Aging

  (MULTILINGUAL EDITION: English / Romanian / Greek)

  Editor in chief:
  Bengt Winblad
  
  Editors:
  Luiza Spiru, Khalid Iqbal

   

   

  EDITORIAL
  Hypothesis - driven research and the 'omic' era. Weinstein's synergism.
  Luiza Spiru, Ileana Turcu
  

  
  REVIEW
  Rivastigmine in Alzheimer's Disease: Cognitive Function and Quality of Life
  Roberta Annicchiarico, Alessia Federici, Carla Pettinati, Carlo Caltagirone

  
  ARTICLES
  Mild Cognitive Impairment: Functional Predictors of Progression to Alzheimer’s Disease.
  Michael Borrie, Matthew Smith, Jennie Wells
  
  Increased 4-Hydroxy-2-Nonenal, a Major End Product of Lipid Peroxidation, in the Brains of two Senescence Accelerated Mouse Strains, SAMP8 and SAMP10
  Xuemin Ye, Jae Il Kim, Harry C. Meeker, Piotr B. Kozlowski, Yong Sun Kim, Richard Rubenstein, Richard I. Carp
  
  The Histamine H2 receptor Antagonist Cimetidine activates Microglia in APP+PS1 Transgenic Mice
  Megha U. Ambegaonkar, Anand S. Nagle, John C. Breitner, Jason Deleon, Jennifer Alamed, Nedda Wilson, Dave Morgan, Marcia N. Gordon
  
  Electron Transport Chain Complex II-III Activity is Decreased in Alzheimer's Disease Skeletal Muscle.
  Rolf Wibom, Tor Ansved, Ulla Hamberg, Mari Blomberg, Kristian Borg, Hans Basun, Ulrica von Döbeln, Anita Garlind
  
  Standardized Geriatric Evaluation in a Group of Patients with Thyroid Pathology and Dementia of Alzheimer's Type.
  Ioana Ioancio, Luiza Spiru, Ion Gheorghe Totoianu, Alexandru Ioancio, Daniela Mitrache
  
  Görel Bråne Scale (GBS)
  
  How to activate your brain
  V. Bragin
  
  Supported human autonomy for recovery and enhancement of cognitive and motor abilities using
  information technologies - SHARE-it 
  
  Co-morbidities as a Hot Topic in Predementia Conditions. A Romanian Neuroepidemiological Study
  
  International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease - ICAD, Chicago, July 2008

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  OLD SERIES - Brain Aging International Journal - Romanian Ed.

  Vol. 6 No. 1 (2007)

  Perspectives For a Healthy Brain Aging

  Published: 2007
  (ROMANIAN EDITION)

  Editor in chief:
  Bengt Winblad
  
  Editors: Luiza Spiru, Khalid Iqbal

   

   

  ARTICOLE ORIGINALE
  Eficacitatea rivastigminei la pacienții cu boală Alzheimer severă: un studiu pilot dublu-orb, randomizat
  López-Pousa S., Vilalta-Franch J., Hernandez B., Rapatz G.
  
  Activitatea complexului enzimatic II-III al lanțului transportor de electroni este scăzută în mușchiul striat al pacienților cu boala Alzheimer 
  Rolf Wibom, Tor Ansved, Ulla Hamberg, Mari Blomberg, Kristian Borg, Hans Basun, Ulrica von Döbeln, Anita Garlind
  
  Bolile cerebrovasculare stau la baza depresiei pacienților cu afecțiuni neurodegenerative? 
  Carmelle Peisah, Jillian J. Kril, Ian Hickie
  
  Semnalizarea APP-mediată - noi aspecte 
  Klaus Heese, Takashi Yamada, Yasuo Nagai, Tohru Sawada
  
  Utilizarea informațiilor obținute de la aparținători în diagnosticul demenței incipiente 
  Anne Rita Oksengraad, A. Braekhus, K. Engedal, K. Laake
  
  Relația între factorii de risc vascular și caracteristicile plăcilor de aterom carotidiene la pacienții vârstnici 
  Milita Crisby, Jan Nilsson
  
  Prezentare de caz. Tiroidită atrofică autoimună la o pacientă cu demență vasculară
  Ioana Ioancio, Luiza Spiru, I. Gh. Totoianu
  
  SCALE DE DIAGNOSTIC:
  NPI (Neuropsychiatric Inventory) 
  
  PRESS REVIEW
  K4CARE: eServicii de îngrijire la domiciliu bazate pe cunoaștere, într-o Europă în curs de îmbătrânire 
  SHARE-it  - Autonomie Umană Asistată în Vederea Recuperării și Îmbunătățirii Capacităților Cognitive și Motorii cu Ajutorul Tehnologiilor Informaționale 
  Tehnologiile Asistive vor face viața mai ușoară - Proiectul European SHARE-it dezvoltă Tehnologii Asistive pentru Cetățenii Vârstnici ai Europei

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  OLD SERIES - Brain Aging International Journal - Romanian Ed.

  Vol. 5 No. 1 (2005)

  Perspectives For a Healthy Brain Aging

  Published: 2005-03-30
  (DOUBLE ISSUE - ROMANIAN EDITION)

  Editor in chief:
  Bengt Winblad
  
  Editors: Luiza Spiru, Khalid Iqbal

   

   

  THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BRAIN AGING
  
  Articole originale
  Eficacitatea rivastigminei la pacienții cu boală Alzheimer severă: un studiu pilot dublu-orb, randomizat
  López-Pousa S., Vilalta-Franch J., Hernandez B., Rapatz G.
  
  Activitatea complexului enzimatic II-III al lanțului transportor de electroni este scăzută în mușchiul striat al pacienților cu boala Alzheimer 
  Rolf Wibom, Tor Ansved, Ulla Hamberg, Mari Blomberg, Kristian Borg, Hans Basun, Ulrica von Döbeln, Anita Garlind
  
  Bolile cerebrovasculare stau la baza depresiei pacienților cu afecțiuni neurodegenerative? 
  Carmelle Peisah, Jillian J. Kril, Ian Hickie
  
  Semnalizarea APP-mediată - noi aspecte 
  Klaus Heese, Takashi Yamada, Yasuo Nagai, Tohru Sawada
  
  Utilizarea informațiilor obținute de la aparținători în diagnosticul demenței incipiente 
  Anne Rita Oksengraad, A. Braekhus, K. Engedal, K. Laake
  
  Relația între factorii de risc vascular și caracteristicile plăcilor de aterom carotidiene la pacienții vârstnici 
  Milita Crisby, Jan Nilsson
  
  Prezentare de caz. Tiroidită atrofică autoimună la o pacientă cu demență vasculară
  Ioana Ioancio, Luiza Spiru, I. Gh. Totoianu
  
  Imagistică. Prezentare de caz. Multiple mici hemoragii în emisferele cerebrale 
  Paul Pătrașcu
  
  “Ana Aslan” International Academy of Aging
  
  Scale de diagnostic: Severe Impairment Battery (SIB)
  Anders Wimo, Bengt Winblad

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  OLD SERIES - Brain Aging International Journal - Romanian Ed.

  Vol. 4 No. 4 (2004)

  Perspectives For a Healthy Brain Aging

  Published: 2004-09-30
  (DOUBLE ISSUE - ROMANIAN EDITION)

  Editor in chief:
  Bengt Winblad
  
  Editors: Luiza Spiru, Khalid Iqbal

   

   

  THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BRAIN AGING
  
  Articole originale
  Cimetidina, antagonist al receptorului histaminic H2, activează microgliile la șoarecii transgenici APP+PS1
  Megha U. Ambegaonkar, Anand S. Nagle, John C. Breitner, Jason Deleon, Jennifer Alamed, Nedda Wilson, Dave Morgan, Marcia N. Gordon
  
  Profile ale exprimării citokinelor și beta amiloidului în salivă, markeri recunoscuți pentru boala Alzheimer probabilă 
  Paolo Prolo, Francesco Chiappelli, Scott Richard Harper, Negoita Neagos, Milan Fiala, Enzo Grasso, Fiorella Mondino, Maria Gabriella Rosso, Fausto Fanto, Rosa Gabriella Masera, Maria Luisa Sartori, Andrea Dovio, Alberto Angeli
  
  Creșterea 4-hidroxi-2-nonenal, un produs final important al peroxidării lipidelor, în creierul a două linii murine cu îmbătrânire accelerată, SAMP8 și SAMP10 
  Xuemin Ye, Jae Il Kim, Harry C. Meeker, Piotr B. Kozlowski, Yong Sun Kim, Richard Rubenstein, Richard I. Carp
  
  Recenzii
  Deficitul cognitiv lejer: predictorii funcționali pentru progresia spre boală Alzheimer 
  Michael Borrie, Matthew Smith, Jennie Wells
  
  Elemente distinctive și strategii terapeutice pentru demențele asociate parkinsonismului 
  Sally Elizabeth Bashford, Adrian Wilson
  
  Intervenții non-farmacologice pentru pacienții cu demență și îngrijitorii acestora 
  Magda Tsolaki
  
  Imagistic`ă. Prezentare de caz: Aspecte RMN în boala Wilson 
  George Iana, Adina Ioana Chiriță, Silviu Mănescu
  

  Scale de diagnostic: Utilizarea resurselor în demență: RUD Lite
  Anders Wimo, Bengt Winblad

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  OLD SERIES - Brain Aging International Journal

  Vol. 4 No. 3 (2004)

  Perspectives For a Healthy Brain Aging

  Published: 2004-04-30
  (March - April 2004)

  Editor in chief:
  Bengt Winblad
  
  Editors: Luiza Spiru, Khalid Iqbal

   

   

  THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BRAIN AGING 

  REVIEWS
  Discriminators of, and Treatment Strategies for, the Dementias of Parkinsonism
  Sally Elizabeth Bashford, Adrian Wilson
  
  Increased 4-Hydroxy-2-Nonenal, a Major End Product of Lipid Peroxidation, in the Brains of two Senescence Accelerated Mouse Strains, SAMP8 and SAMP10 
  Xuemin Ye, Jae Il Kim, Harry C. Meeker, Piotr B. Kozlowski, Yong Sun Kim, Richard Rubenstein, Richard I. Carp
  
  Mild Cognitive Impairment: Functional Predictors of Progression to Alzheimer Disease
  Michael Borrie, Matthew Smith, Jennie Wells

  
  ARTICLES
  Efficacy of Rivastigmine in Patients with Severe Alzheimer’s Disease: A Double-Blind, Randomized Pilot Study 
  López-Pousa S., Vilalta-Franch J., Hernandez B., Rapatz G.
  
  The Histamine H2 receptor Antagonist Cimetidine Activates Microglia in APP+PS1 Transgenic Mice 
  Megha U. Ambegaonkar, Anand S. Nagle, John C. Breitner, Jason Deleon, Jennifer Alamed, Nedda Wilson, Dave Morgan, Marcia N. Gordon
  
  Electron Transport Chain Complex II-III Activity is Decreased in Alzheimer’s Disease Skeletal Muscle 
  Rolf Wibom, Tor Ansved, Ulla Hamberg, Mari Blomberg, Kristian Borg, Hans Basun, Ulrica von Döbeln, Anita Garlind

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  OLD SERIES - Brain Aging International Journal - Romanian Ed.

  Vol. 4 No. 2 (2004)

  Perspectives For a Healthy Brain Aging

  Published: 2004-03-31
  (March 2004)

  Editor in chief:
  Bengt Winblad
  
  Editors: Luiza Spiru, Khalid Iqbal

   

   

  Editorial: Modificările stilului de viață la hipertensivii vârstnici 
  Ioan Romoșan, Luiza Spiru, C. Dașcău
  
  Recenzii
  Cortexul cerebral și senescența - corelații structurale și funcționale (RO)
  A. C. Cuello, A. Ribeiro-da-Silva, Y. De Koninck, M. A. Bruno
  
  Boala Alzheimer: o tauopatie reală alimentată de disfuncția APP (RO)
  Nicolas Sergeant, André Delacourte
  
  Efectele fenotipice ale genotipului apoE la șoarecii transgenici (RO)
  G. Ophir, O. Levi, G. Yacovlev, D.M. Michaelson
  
  Scale de evaluare: Scorul IADL al activităților curente (RO)
  
  Prezentare de caz: Exercițiile fizice (de rezistență) pot ameliora funcția cognitivă și motorie la un pacient vârstnic cu demență? (RO)
  Vince S. Thomas, Janis B. Petzel
  
  The 9th International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders
  
  Articole originale
  Tratamentul cu memantin la trei pacienți cu boală Parkinson cu diskinezie și declin cognitiv (RO)
  J. Lökk, B. Winblad
  
  Plombele dentare de amalgam și relația cu concentrația mercurului în sânge și funcția cognitivă într-o populație urbană vârstnică (RO)
  Nina Johansson, Hans Basun, Poul Holm-Pedersen, Bengt Winblad, Monica Nordberg

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  OLD SERIES - Brain Aging International Journal

  Vol. 4 No. 1 (2004)

  Perspectives For a Healthy Brain Aging

  Published: 2004-03-31
  (January - March 2004)

  Editor in chief:
  Bengt Winblad
  
  Editors: Luiza Spiru, Khalid Iqbal

   

   

  EDITORIAL: 
  Hypertension and Lifestyle Modifications in the Elderly
  Ioan Romoșan, Luiza Spiru, C. Dașcău

  
  REVIEWS: 
  Structural and Functional Correlates in the Aging of the Cerebral Cortex
  A.C, Cuello, A. Ripero-da-Siva, Y. De Koninck, M.A. Bruno
  
  Alzheimer's Disease: a TrueTauopathy Fueled by APP Disfunction
  Nicolas Sergeant, André Delacourte

  The Phenotypic Effects of the apoE Genotype in Transgenic Mice
  G. Ophir, O. Levi, G. Yacovlev, Michaelson

  
  ARTICLES
  Mernantine Treatment of three Parkinsonian Patients Having Dyskinesia and Cognitive Decline
  J. Lokk, B. Winblad
  
  Prevalence of Co-Morbidities in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) Patients
  Luiza Spiru, Florina Cristescu, Raluca Dudău, Paul Pătrașcu
  
  Dental Amalgam Fillings in Relation to Mercury Concentration in Blood and Cognitive Function in an Elderty Urban Population
  Nina Johansson, Hans Basun, Poul Holm-Pedersen, Bengt Winblad, Monica Nordberg

  
  CASE REPORT
  Can (Resistance) Exercise Training Improve Cognitive and Physical Function in an Eklerly Patient 
  Vince S. Thomas, Janes B. Petzel

  THE 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS

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  OLD SERIES - Brain Aging International Journal - Romanian Ed.

  Vol. 3 No. 6 (2003)

  Perspectives For a Healthy Brain Aging

  Published: 2003-12-31
  (November - December 2003)

  Editor in chief: 
  Bengt Winblad
  
  Editors: Luiza Spiru, Khalid Iqbal

   

   

  EDITORIAL
  Îmbătrânirea celulară și consecințele acesteia în nefrologie (RO)
  
  REVIEW
  Inflamația în boala Alzheimer: rolul său și o posibilă oportunitate terapeutică(RO)
  Gary L. Wenk
  
  Prevalența comorbidităților la pacienții cu deficit cognitiv lejer (MCI)  (RO)
  Luiza Spiru, Florina Cristescu, Raluca Dudău, Paul Pătrașcu
  
  Scale de diagnostic. Scorul activităților vieții cotidiene (RO)
  “Ana Aslan” International Academy of Aging
  
  Imagistică: Tumoră de fosă cerebrală posterioară asociată cu alte leziuni intracraniene  (RO)
  Paul Pătrașcu
  
  Articole originale
  Profile de expresie genică în hipocamp la șoarecii bătrâni cu și fără tulburări de memorie (RO)
  Jonathan Brouillette, James O'Donnell, Oscar Díaz-Ruiz, Roger Godbout, Rémi Quirion
  
  Endarterectomia carotidiană la pacienții vârstnici(RO)
  I. A. Szucsik, Luiza Spiru, Ș. I. Drăgulescu, I. Romoșan, Mioara Cocora, M. Gaspar, C. Dina, D. Maximov, Daniela Maximov
  
  Strategii pentru memorie și limbaj și efectele acestora asupra abilităților cognitive în primele stadii de boală Alzheimer probabilă  (RO)
  Tsantali E., Efklides A., Tsolaki M., Kiosseoglou G.
  
  The 9th International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders

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  OLD SERIES - Brain Aging International Journal - Romanian Ed.

  Vol. 3 No. 5 (2003)

  Perspectives For a Healthy Brain Aging

  Published: 2003-10-31
  (September - October 2003)

  Editor in chief:
  Bengt Winblad
  
  Editors: Luiza Spiru, Khalid Iqbal

   

   

  EDITORIAL
  Observații concluzive despre îmbătrânire și senescență (RO)
  
  

  Eficiența și siguranța rivastigminei la pacienții cu boală Alzheimer probabilă ușoarã sau moderată în cadru comunitar (RO)
  A Tzimos, I Pittas, A Kazis, M Tsolaki, E Kapaki, G Sgouropoulos, K Karageorgiou, V Kontogianni, A Visviki, T Papapetropoulos, Ch. Paschalis, I Metallinos, I Mylonas, G Mentenopoulos, S Bostanzopoulou, Z Katsarou, A Plaitakis, G Klados, S Balogiannis, V Kosta, A Papadimitriou, A Aspiotis, G Giasakis, A Voulgari, M Dalakas
  
  Markeri biochimici ai bolii Alzheimer în lichidul cefalorahidian: proteinele tau, tau hiperfosforilat și amiloidul beta (RO)
  Niels Andreasen
  
  Succesul terapeutic în Boala Alzheimer: inițierea precoce a tratamentului și continuarea lui pe termen lung (RO)
  Carina Manda
  
  Strategii de tratament în degenerescența lobară frontotemporală (RO)
  Christian Andersen, Per Östberg, Lars-Olof Wahlund, Bengt Winblad
  
  Eficacitatea și tolerabilitatea memantinului la pacienții cu demență de tip Alzheimer moderat-severã și severă (RO)
  
  Hemoragie spontană intracerebeloasă (RO)
  Paul Pătrașcu, George Iana
  
  Testul MMSE (Mini Mental State Examination) și testul orologiului (RO)
  

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  OLD SERIES - Brain Aging International Journal

  Vol. 3 No. 4 (2003)

  Perspectives For a Healthy Brain Aging

  Published: 2003-08-31
  (July – August 2003)

  Editor in chief: 
  Bengt Winblad

  
  Editors: Luiza Spiru, Khalid Iqbal

   

   

  EDITORIAL

  Cell Senescence and its Consequences in Nephrology
  Ioan Romoșan, Luiza Spiru

  
  REVIEWS

  Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Patients with Dementia and their Caregivers
  Magda Tsolaki

  Inflammation in Alzheimers’s Disease: its Role and an Opportunity for Therapy
  Gary L. Wenk

  
  ARTICLES

  Hippocampal Gene Expression Profiles in Memory-Impaired and Memory-Unimpaired Aged Rats
  Jonathan Brouillette, James O'Donnell, Oscar Díaz-Ruiz, Roger Godbout, Rémi Quirion

  Development of mtDNA-Transfused Cell Model of Alzheimer’s Disease and Application in Pharmacological Study on Chinese Herb Components
  Zhang Lan, Liu Fang, Jia Jian-Ping, Li Lin

  Memory and Language Strategies and their Effects on the Cognitive Abilities in the First Stages of Probable Alzheimer’s Disease
  Tsantali, E., Efklides, A., Tsolaki, M., Kiosseoglou, G.

  Carotid Endarterectomy in Elderly Patients. Surgical Experience in a Hospital-Based Study
  I.A. Szucsik, Luiza Spiru, S.I.Dragulescu, I.Romoșan, Mioara Cocora, M. Gaspar, C. Dina, D. Maximov, Daniela Maximov

  
  IMAGES – CASE REPORT

  Tumor of Cerebral Posterior Fossa Associalted with other Intracranial Lesions
  Paul Pătrașcu

  
  THE 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS.

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  OLD SERIES - Brain Aging International Journal

  Vol. 3 No. 3 (2003)

  Perspectives For a Healthy Brain Aging

  Published: 2003-06-30
  (May – June 2003)

  Editor in chief: 
  Bengt Winblad

  Editors: Luiza Spiru, Khalid Iqbal

   

   

  EDITORIAL

  Why the First International Conference of Brain Aging - An International Journal?

  Welcome to the Academy - The First International Conference of Brain Aging – An International Journal

  
  REVIEW

  Prevalence of Dementia in Greek Orthodox Monasteries. The Role of Diet Poor in Lipids and Style of Life
  Tsolaki M, Pantazi Ch., Stiliou F., Aminta M., Diudi, P. Karasoulas S., Kazis A., Pollen D.

  Presenilin Proteins and the γ-Secretase Complex Generating β-Amyloid and APP Intracellular Domain
  Anna Bergman and Jan Naslund

  
  ARTICLES

  Risk Factors for Early Readmission of Alzheimer Patients to an Acute Care Unit
  L Balardy, F Nourashémi, S Andrieu, T. Voisin, P J Ousset, B Vellas

  Efficacy and Safety of Rivastigmine in Patients with Mild to Moderate Probable Alzheimer’s Disease in a Community Setting
  A. Tzimos, I. Pittas, A. Kazis, M. Tsolaki, E. Kapaki, G. Sgouropoulos, K. Karageorgiou, V. Kontogianni, A. Visviki, T. Papapetropoulos, Ch. Paschalis, I. Metallinos, I. Mylonas, G. Mentenopoulos, S. Bostanzopoulou, Z. Katsarou, A. Plaitakis, G. Klados, S. Balogiannis, V.Kosta, A. Papadimitriou, A. Aspiotis, G. Giasakis, A. Voulgari, M. Dalakas

  Vitamin B 12, Folate and Homocysteine in Persons with Cognitive Impairment
  S. Annerbo, RN, M.Sc., B. Lind, MD, J. Lökk, MD, ass. Professor, L-O. Wahlund, M.D, Professor

  
  IMAGES – CASE REPORT

  Mild Cognitive Impairment with Subcortical Vascular Features: a Case Report  
  Samantha Galluzzi, Cristiana Calvagna, Cristina Geroldi, Orazio Zanetti, Giuliano Binetti and Giovanni B Frisoni

  The 9th International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders

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  OLD SERIES - Brain Aging International Journal

  Vol. 3 No. 2 (2003)

  Perspectives For a Healthy Brain Aging

  Published: 2003-04-30 (March – April 2003)

   

  Editor in chief: 
  Bengt Winblad

  Editors: Luiza Spiru, Khalid Iqbal

   

  
  EDITORIAL
  

  Remarks on Aging and Senescence

  Welcome to the Academy: The First International Conference of Brain Aging – An International Journal

  
  ARTICLES

  Detection of mRNA Level and Mutation of Neurofilament in Alzheimer Disease
  Yipeng Wang, Xinwei Zhou, XiaoChuang Wang, Rong Liu, Qun Wang, and Jianzhi Wang

  Activation of p38 Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase in 139A or 22A Scrapie-infected SAMP8, SAMR1, AKR and C57BL Mice
  Xuemin Ye, Harry C. Meeker, Piotr B. Kozlowski and Richard I. Carp

  The Density of Endothelial Cells in Brain Tissue is Influenced by Gender, Age and Concomitant Brain Pathology
  B Berdel, A Koivisto, H Soininen, M Laakso, I Alafuzoff

  Interrater Reliability of the GBS Scale Used by Staff and Caregivers
  Erik Jedenius, Görel Bråne

  A Carer-Based Index for Identifying Early Dementia in the Elderly Living at Home
  AR Oksengaard, A Braekhus, K Engedal, K Laake

  A Novel Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease
  Luo Huanmin, Chen Zisheng

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  OLD SERIES - Brain Aging International Journal

  Vol. 3 No. 1 (2003)

  Perspectives For a Healthy Brain Aging

  Published: 2003-02-28
  (January - February 2003)

  Editor in chief:
  Bengt Winblad
  
  Editors:
  Luiza Spiru, Khalid Iqbal
  
  

  
  REVIEWS:

  Treatment Strategies in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
  Christian Andersen, Per Östberg, Lars-Olof Wahlund, Bengt Winblad

  Biomarkers for Alzheimer Disease in the Cerebrospinal Fluid: Tau, Hyperphosphorylated Tau and Amyloid Beta Protein
  Niels Andreasen

  
  ARTICLES

  New Aspects about APP-signaling
  Klaus Heese, Takashi Yamada, Yasuo Nagai, Tohru Sawada

  Does Cerebrovascular Disease Underpin Depression in Patients with Neurodegenerative Disease?
  Carmelle Peisah, Jillian J. Kril, Ian Hickie

  Families’ Experiences Permitting Brain Autopsy for the Oregon Brain Bank in the Context of the Neuropathology Report
  Lissi Hansen, Jeffery A. Kaye, Rebecca Dorn, Herlene D. Benson, Vida Davies, David Clark, Melvyn J. Ball

  Relation between Vascular Risk Factors and Carotid Plaque Cell Composition and Viability in Elderly Patients
  Milita Crisby, Jan Nilsson

  The Use of Informant Data in the Diagnosis of Early Dementia
  Anne Rita Oksengaard, A. Braekhus, K. Engedal, K. Laake

  Evaluation Instruments in Dementia Resource Utilization in Dementia: “RUD Lite©”
  Anders Wimo, Bengt Winblad

  
  IMAGES

  Spontaneous Intracerebellar Hemorrhage - Case Report
  Paul Patrascu, George Iana

  
  CLINICAL OVERVIEWS

  Medical Examination of the Elderly Patient
  Mario Impallomeni

  
  CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT:
  The First International Conference of Brain Aging – An International Journal

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  OLD SERIES - Brain Aging International Journal

  Vol. 2 No. 4 (2002)

  Perspectives For a Healthy Brain Aging

  Published: 2002-12-31 (October – December 2002)

  Editor in chief: 
  Bengt Winblad

  Editors:
  Luiza Spiru, Khalid Iqbal

   

   

  REVIEWS

  Towards Harmonisation of Caregiver Outcome Measures
  Henry Brodaty, Alisa Green, Sube Banerjee, Mary Mittelman, Richard Schulz, Peter Whitehouse, Richard Harvey, Mervyn Powell, Martin Prince, Della Rios, Steve Zarit

  The Role of Cognitive Stimulation in Diagnosing Mild-Cognitive-Impairment Subjects at Risk for Alzheimer-Type Dementia
  Inge Cantegreil-Kallen, Jocelyne de Rotrou, Annie Gosselin, Emilie Wenisch, Anne-Sophie Rigaud

  Treatment Strategies in Alzheimer’s Disease
  Vesna Jelic, Bengt Winblad

  ARTICLES

  Early Events of Alzheimer-Like Neurodegeneration in Anti-Nerve Growth Factor Transgenic Mice
  Simona Capsoni, Sabina Giannotta, Antonino Cattaneo

  CGI-94 Controls Neuronal Survival
  Klaus Heese, Takashi Yamada, Yasuo Nagai, Tohru Sawada

  Quetiapine Effectively Reduces Psychotic Symptoms in Patients with Lewy Body Dementia: an Advantage of the Unique Pharmacological Profile?
  Paul Davis and Andrius Baskys

  Major Fluctuations as the Principal Cause of Impairment in Daily Living Activities in a Case of Probable Lewy Body Dementia
  Patricia Marique, Vinciane Wojtasik, Stéphane Adam, Sophie Bechet, Frédéric Roelands, Robert Poirrier, Gustave Moonen, Eric Salmon

  Diagnostic Work-up of Dementia – a Survey among Norwegian General Practitioners
  Anne Brækhus, Knut Engedal

  Further Evidence in Support of the Presence of Behavioral Syndromes in Alzheimer’s Disease
  Roberta Riello, Cristina Geroldi, Orazio Zanetti, Giovanni B. Frisoni

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  OLD SERIES - Brain Aging International Journal

  Vol. 2 No. 3 (2002)

  Perspectives For a Healthy Brain Aging

  Published: 2002-09-30 (July – September 2002)

  Editor in chief: 
  Bengt Winblad

  Editors:
  Luiza Spiru, Khalid Iqbal

   

   

  REVIEWS

  Treatment Strategies in Alzheimer’s Disease
  Vesna Jelic, Bengt Winblad

  Long-term Efficacy of Cholinesterase Inhibitors
  Serge Gauthier

  Culture and Dementia
  Adesola Ogunniyi, Kathleen S Hall, Olusegun Baiyewu, Oyewusi Gureje, Hugh C. Hendrie

   

  ARTICLES

  Characterizing Rat p18 Amyloid Beta (Aβ) Responsive Protein p18AβrP
  Klaus Heese, Yasuo Nagai, Tohru Sawada

  Plasma Lipids in Patients Newly Diagnosed With Probable Alzheimer’s Disease
  Annica Algotsson, Bengt Winblad

  Calcium/Calmodulin Dependent Protein Kinase II în Alzheimer’s Disease
  Maria Nordlinder, Wen-Lin An, Irina Alafuzoff, Nenad Bogdanovic, Jin-Jing Pei

  Pupil Dilation Test for Alzheimer’s Disease
  Zhiqing Xiang, Yuemin Chen, Wenwei Yan

  Carboxyl-Terminal Fragments of the Amyloid Precursor Protein in Alzheimer’s Disease Brain: Detection of γ-Secretase Products
  Geneviève Evin, R. M. Damian Holsinger, Simone Eggert, Andreas Weidemann, Louise Canterford, David Hoke, Sam Gandy, Catriona McLean, Konrad Beyreuther, Colin L. Masters

  Galantamine Significantly Improves All Aspects of Cognition in Patients With Advanced-Moderate Alzheimer’s Disease
  R. Blesa, S. Schwalen

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  OLD SERIES - Brain Aging International Journal

  Vol. 2 No. 2 (2002)

  Perspectives For a Healthy Brain Aging

  Published: 2002-06-31 (April - June 2002)

  Editor in chief: 
  Bengt Winblad

  Editors:
  Luiza Spiru, Khalid Iqbal

   

   

  EDITORIAL: 
  Aging Policies - Luiza Spiru & Bengt Winblad

   

  REVIEW

  G-Protein Regulation of Signal Transduction in Alzheimer’s
  Angela García-Jiménez, Johan Fastbom, Bengt Winblad, Richard F. Cowburn

  Tauopathy Upstream of the Amyloid Cascade in Alzheimer’s Disease
  Delacourte André, Sergeant Nicolas, Buée Luc

   

  ARTICLES

  Regional and Cellular Distribution of Synaptic Proteins în the Normal Human Brain
  Nenad Bogdanovic, Pia Davidsson, Johan Gottfries, Inga Volkman, Bengt Winblad, Kaj Blennow

  Well-Being in Nonagenarians and the Impact of Objective Health
  Pernilla Hillerås, Hedda Agüero-Torres, Anthony. F. Jorm, Margareta Westerbotn, Bengt Winblad

  Dementia Screening in General Practice: Optimised Scoring for the Clock Drawing Test
  Beat Thalmann, René Spiegel, Hannes B. Stähelin, Dorothee Brubacher, Doris Ermini-Fünfschilling, Stefan Bläsi, Andreas U. Monsch

  A Multifaceted Approach to Cognitive Decline in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease
  Robert L. Bender, Ray Moore, Dan Russell, Yogesh Shah, Kathy Davidson, Dave Michael

  Cognitive Stimulation: A New Approach for Alzheimer’s Disease Management
  Jocelyne de Rotrou, Inge Cantegreil-Kallen, Annie Gosselin, Emily Wenisch, Anne-Sophie Rigaud

   

  IMAGES

  Voxel-Based Morphometry in Multiple System Atrophy
  Samantha Galluzzi, Cristina Testa, Francesca Sabattoli, Cristina Geroldi, Alberto Beltramello, Giovanni B. Frisoni

  CT and MRI Aspects of the Aging Brain
  Adina I. Chiriță, Andreea Marinescu, Rareș Nechifor, George Iana

   

  CLINICAL OVERVIEW

  Common Pitfalls in the Diagnosis of Disease in the Elderly
  Dr. M. Impallomeni, MD, FRCP

   

  EXPERIENCE

  Peripheral Nerve Microsurgery – Romanian Experience
  Doina Dumitrescu-Ionescu, PhD, MD

  THOUGHTS, OTHER THAN DOCTORS’
  How Are You?
  Magda Cuturicu

  News

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  OLD SERIES - Brain Aging International Journal

  Vol. 2 No. 1 (2002)

  Perspectives For a Healthy Brain Aging

  Published: 2002-03-31 (January - March 2002)

  Editor in chief: 
  Bengt Winblad

  Editors:
  Luiza Spiru, Khalid Iqbal

  
  
  

  EDITORIAL: 
  Alzheimer’s disease
  Bengt Windblad, Luiza Spiru, Khalid Iqbal
  
  The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2001
  Nobel Prize Centennial 1901–2001
  
  Thoughts from outside the antiseptic environment:
  Beyond Definitions and Stereotypes 
  Magda Cuturicu

  REVIEW
  Pathophysiology of Frontotemporal Dementia - Cytoskeleton Abnormalities and Autoimmunity? 
  Magnus Sjögren
  

  ARTICLES
  The Stress-Activated C-jun Amino-Terminal Kinase (JNK) in Alzheimer's Disease Neurofibrillary Degeneration 
  Jin-Jing Pei, Wen-Lin An
  
  Alterations of Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression and Activity in Alzheimer's Disease Brains 
  Andrew Law, Wen-Hua Zheng, Serge Gauthier, Rémi Quirion
  
  Predicting Progression to Dementia in a Memory Clinic Population: Clinical Indicators Are of Limited Value
  G.K. Wilcock, A.O. Hughes, A. Jordan, S. H. MacGowan
  
  Cognitive Compensation Can Overcome Age-Associated Physiological Losses in Processing Odors, Pictures, and Flavors
  Robert J.F. Elsner
  
  

  IMAGES
  MRI of Wilson’s Disease 
  George Iana, Adina Ioana Chirita, Silviu Manescu
  
  Right Cerebellar Hemorrhage 
  Paul Pătrașcu
  
  Multiple Small Hemorrhages in the Cerebral Hemispheres
  Paul Pătrașcu
  
  

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  OLD SERIES - Brain Aging International Journal

  Vol. 1 No. 1 (2001)

  Perspectives For a Healthy Brain Aging

  Published: 2001-12-31 (October - December 2002)

  Editor in chief: 
  Bengt Winblad

  Editors:
  Luiza Spiru, Khalid Iqbal
  
  

   

  EDITORIAL: 
  [E1] A Bridge between Brain and Aging Research
  Bengt Winblad
  [E2] Controlling and Overcoming Brain Aging
  Luiza Spiru
  [E3] Importance of Brain Aging
  Khalid Iqbal

  REVIEW:
  [R1] Use and Limitations of Olfactory Tests in Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease
  Robert J.F. Elsner
  
  [R2] Are Intracellular Paired Helical Filaments (PHFs) from Alzheimer’s Disease Toxic for a Neuron?
  Félix Hernández, Mar Pérez, José J. Lucas, Jesús Avila
  

  ARTICLES
  [A1] Effects of Hospitalisation on Cognitive Function, Activities of Daily Living Capacity and Behaviour in Alzheimer’s Disease Patients: a Longitudinal Study
  Luiza Spiru, Pierre-Jean Ousset, Bruno Vellas
  
  [A2] Interleukin-1α Gene Polymorphism Influences the Severity of Neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s Disease
  M. Overmyer, M. Pirskanen, M. Hiltunen, S. Helisalmi, A.M. Koivisto, H. Soininen, I. Alafuzoff
  
  [A3] The Biochemical Spreading of Tau and Amyloid β - Precursor Protein Pathologies in Aging and Sporadic Alzheimer’s Disease
  André Delacourte, Nicolas Sergeant, Danie Champain, Annick Wattez, Claude-Alain Maurage, Florence Lebert, Florence Pasquier, Jean-Philippe David
  

  [A4] Visuo-Constructional Ability: a Solitary Brain Process or Part of a Complex System?
  Magda Tsolaki, John Tarnanas, Stefanos Brilakis, Kostas Fountoulakis, Kostantina Griva, Aristides Kazis
  
  [A5] Effect of Training on Tau Phosphorylation in Rat Brain
  Yipeng Wang, Xiaomei Liao, Zefen Wang, Shijie Liu, Jianzhi Wang